The New York Times, 5 September 1935
Liner Doric Sends S O S; In Crash With Freighter
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By The Associated Press
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LONDON, Thursday, Sept. 5---An S O S call was flashed from the Cunard
White Star liner Doric today, saying the vessel had been in collision
with the 2,160-ton French freighter Formigny.
The Doric is on a cruise, en route from Gibraltar to London.
The scene of the crash was off the Portuguese coast, about seventy miles
off Oporto.
The distress call was picked up by the Land's End radio station,
Lloyd's.
The British steamer Mooltan radioed the Lands End Wireless Station at
6:09 A. M. (1:09 A. M. Eastern daylight-saving time) that the British
steamer Orion was standing by to take passengers from the Cunard-White
Star liner Doric, which had sent out an SOS.
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Liner Doric Sends S O S; In Crash With Freighter
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By The Associated Press
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LONDON, Thursday, Sept. 5---An S O S call was flashed from the Cunard
White Star liner Doric today, saying the vessel had been in collision
with the 2,160-ton French freighter Formigny.
The Doric is on a cruise, en route from Gibraltar to London.
The scene of the crash was off the Portuguese coast, about seventy miles
off Oporto.
The distress call was picked up by the Land's End radio station,
Lloyd's.
The British steamer Mooltan radioed the Lands End Wireless Station at
6:09 A. M. (1:09 A. M. Eastern daylight-saving time) that the British
steamer Orion was standing by to take passengers from the Cunard-White
Star liner Doric, which had sent out an SOS.
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